De-Risk Hard Builds.
Ship Faster.
We help senior engineering leaders make the right architecture call before the money is committed.
Standards we design to
When Engineering Leaders Call Us
The conversation usually starts like this.
Recurring patterns across hundreds of engineering conversations. If any of these sound familiar, the next chapter doesn't have to be a guess — it can be a written architecture decision.
"Our firmware contractor left mid-project — and we're three months from deadline."
"We're going through FDA 510(k) and our EE doesn't know IEC 60601."
"We just raised seed and need to get from prototype to DVT."
"Our device keeps failing EMC pre-compliance and we don't know why."
"We need EE plus firmware plus mechanical — all three, yesterday."
"We need an architecture decision before we commit the next $200K to build."
We help you decide before we help you build. Most projects start with an architecture-first conversation — a senior outside read on whether the path you're on holds up, where the risks actually live, and what to do first.
Even if we're not the team to do the build, you'll leave with clarity.
How We Think
A spec is a guess
until a board proves it.
You don’t de-risk hardware by specifying it for six months. You de-risk it by building the smallest thing that actually runs — then growing it.
We have a name for where hard builds go to die: the Prototype Graveyard — the bench of half-finished products that got spec’d up front, budgeted up front, and staffed up front, then never survived contact with a real board. We work the opposite way.
Start Simple
Core features only, to a working physical prototype — fast.
Kills
Can this even be built?
Build It Out
Add the features that matter. Harden it against real-world use.
Kills
Value & usability risk
Cost-Reduce
DFM, design-to-cost, and the path to volume (EVT → DVT → PVT).
Kills
Production & viability risk
~80%
of a product’s unit cost is locked in at design. The cheapest place to take cost out is the engineering desk — not the factory floor. That’s why the architecture call comes before the build.
About Kyros
Built by a team that's
shipped the real thing.
Implantable neurostimulators that went from pilot study to commercial success. 7T MRI receive coils. Surgical energy devices. Warehouse robotics at Fortune 500 scale. EV power electronics. Smart consumer IoT. Factory 4.0 industrial controls. Edge-AI imaging. Cleveland-rooted, nationally engaged — across consumer electronics, medical devices, industrial automation, and engineered hardware in adjacent domains.
Most engineering firms send you resumes and hope for the best. Kyros assigns a senior-led pod that owns your project end-to-end — and pulls in the right specialists from a deep network when the project demands. The team, the architects, the SMEs, and the manufacturing connections — all under one roof.
Our Process
How We Work
From first conversation to production handoff — a proven process built on transparency and accountability.
Discovery Call
We listen. You tell us what you're building, what's blocking you, and what success looks like. No pitch decks — just a technical conversation with an engineer who's done this before.
Fast — same weekArchitecture Diagnostic
A fixed-fee, architecture-first deep-dive. We map technical, regulatory, and timeline risks, and deliver a written architecture recommendation. You keep the deliverable even if we're not the team to do the build.
Decision in writingSprint Execution
A senior-led pod executes against milestones. Weekly deliverables, working demos, transparent progress. You see results every week — not a big reveal at the end. The right SMEs and manufacturing partners pulled in as the project demands.
Milestone-gatedHandoff & Retainer
You own everything: source code, schematics, BOMs, test reports, documentation. We support your manufacturing transition and stay available on a retainer basis. We don't disappear after delivery.
Ongoing supportBigger Than Our Core Team
You don't get one engineer.
You get the team — and the network.
The dream team you’d assemble if you knew everyone we know. Above the surface: senior architects who’ve shipped the real thing. Below the surface: specialists, manufacturing partners, regulatory experts — pulled in as the project demands. Without the overhead of a 50-person consultancy. Without the integration chaos of 5 freelancers.
Above the waterline · Core team
Below the waterline · Pull-on-demand network
Specialists pulled in based on what the project actually needs. Not headcount we carry whether you need it or not.
What We've Shipped
Outcomes across the four domains we work in.
Anonymized patterns from real engagements. Specifics under NDA — happy to walk through with you on a call.
Class III implantable from pilot to commercial
Cross-disciplinary engineering across implantable pulse generator firmware, electrode design, and pivotal study data systems. Pilot study → pivotal → FDA-cleared → commercial market.
Smart connected hardware, prototype to pilot
Senior firmware + hardware pod for a consumer IoT platform. BLE comms stack, low-power architecture, mobile companion integration. Scaled to thousands of units in pilot.
Real-time embedded controls for production line
Deterministic firmware for a high-throughput industrial system. Sensor integration, control loops, safety interlocks, SCADA tie-in. Deployed on the floor.
EV charging power electronics from concept to DFM
Multi-level inverter design, embedded controls, thermal architecture, DFM transition. Production-ready hardware delivered with manufacturing partner network.
Complex Systems Builders
Hardware, firmware, and the systems that tie them together
PCB Design
Multilayer, impedance-controlled, mixed-signal boards — from 2-layer prototypes to 12-layer regulated medical devices.
Embedded Systems & Firmware
Real-time control loops and deterministic firmware on STM32, ARM Cortex, ESP32, and nRF.
Medical Device Development
IEC 60601 / IEC 62304 design controls, FDA 510(k) documentation, and V&V for regulated devices.
New Product Development
Concept through production — architecture, prototyping, testing, and manufacturing transition.
Industrial Controls & Factory 4.0
Real-time embedded controls, sensor integration, and SCADA tie-in for the factory floor.
Mechanical & Industrial Design
Enclosures, thermal, GD&T, and DFM — with human-factors industrial design on user-facing hardware.
Common Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
Straight answers to the questions we hear most from engineering leaders evaluating partners.
Get In Touch
Have a Hard Build?
Let's Talk Engineering.
Tell us what you're building and where you're stuck. You'll talk directly with a senior engineer — not a sales rep. Free, no-obligation technical conversation.